Tag: landscape

Hearts in SF: Release

A Tabletop-sized heart, painted for the 2022 Hearts in SF fundraiser.

Trunk Show series

Part sculpture, part painting, these wall hangings are made from pieces of a heritage Valley Oak tree from the border of Walnut Creek, CA and Contra Costa County – also known as the Boundary Oak.

Solo exhibition: Meet You Halfway

I had extra “found” landscapes on hand, and continuing that theme was partly out of necessity as my art sources and studio access got disrupted to varying degrees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Signal

Symbols in our public space are gaining extra scrutiny for the worldview they present.

Wave Daydream I & II

When I’m feeling stuck I usually end up doing art that either tries out different textures or different media.

Solo exhibition: Flight Delay

The late afternoon sun and shifting weather created this extraordinary light show with the glassware that splayed, rippled, and caught an occasional tiny rainbow.

Dreaming of Outside

This was my take on the classic “white cube” primitive for art.

Solo exhibition: Natural Conclusions

This show is the culmination of two years of collecting amateur landscapes in need of a little love.

Harvest: Papayas

Last one in the Harvest series skews tropical with papayas. This ended up being both the biggest fruits (only four on here) with the smallest details (little black seeds).

Harvest: Avocados

3rd of 4 in the Harvest series – avocados, cut open to show off the green insides and shiny pits.

Harvest: Blueberries

Another fruit in the Harvest series – this time, a little pile of blueberries. This one’s more of an experiment in subtle patterns within a dense texture.

Harvest: Persimmons

Here’s a bright little drawing of persimmons from memory. I drew this with Prismacolor pencils to experiment with blending techniques to replicate the muted sheen on the fruit.

Tahuya

This is a painting of Tahuya, a spot in Washington that has a genuine inland fjord. Fjords: not all in Norway!

Roots series

In celebration of the warmer weather and the end of the drought, I created this series of things that grow in the ground. I always like cutaway-style illustrations so I created a view of what’s above and below the ground.

Electromagnetic

I realized the electromagnetic spectrum itself was filled with potential imagery. While the majority of it affects us, much of it is not directly visible…and a lot is obscured by the atmosphere.

(re)Release

It’s based on a painting I made years ago called Release. This version follows the same color scheme and feel as the original with a few variations.

Weathered

This one is for friends Ted and Claire who live in Colorado, land of extremely variable weather. They wanted a painting that reflected some of the color and variety they see on a daily basis.

Phases of the Peach

In hindsight, I realize that three things made it possible to paint, and finish, now: a deadline, the daytime, and having peaches (both cut and whole) nearby.